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THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET<br/>
<span class=large>JEREMIAH</span>
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CHAPTER 26
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Jeremiah prophesies the destruction of the people—For this he is arraigned and tried and then acquitted.
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In</span> the beginning of the reign of <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/26/1a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jer. 26: 21; Jer. 27: 1.">Jehoiakim</a> the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word from the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, saying,
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Thus saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>; Stand in the court of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>’s house, and speak unto all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>’s house, all the words that I command thee to speak unto them; <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/26/2a" mark="a" type="A" title="D&C 28: 3.">diminish</a> not a word:
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If so be they will hearken, and turn every man from his evil way, that I may <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/26/3a" mark="a" type="P" title="HEB relent; i.e. change the decreed punishment because of their changed behavior.">repent</a> me of the evil, which I purpose to do unto them because of the evil of their doings.
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And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>; If ye will not <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/26/4a" mark="a" type="A" title="Lev. 26: 14; Deut. 28: 15; Alma 5: 37 (37-38); D&C 5: 5.">hearken</a> to me, to <sup>b</sup><a href="jer/26/4b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Walking with God.">walk</a> in my <sup>c</sup><a href="jer/26/4c" mark="c" type="A" title="D&C 41: 5; D&C 42: 2; D&C 130: 20.">law</a>, which I have set before you,
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To hearken to the words of my servants the <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/26/5a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jer. 25: 4; 2 Ne. 27: 5; Jacob 6: 8; Ether 7: 24.">prophets</a>, whom I sent unto you, both rising up early, and sending <i>them,</i> but ye have not hearkened;
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Then will I make this house like <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/26/6a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jer. 7: 12.">Shiloh</a>, and will make this city a <sup>b</sup><a href="jer/26/6b" mark="b" type="A" title="Jer. 24: 9; 1 Ne. 19: 14.">curse</a> to all the nations of the <sup>c</sup><a href="jer/26/6c" mark="c" type="H" title="JST Jer. 26: 6  . . .  for ye have not hearkened unto my servants the prophets.">earth</a>.
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So the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>.
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&#182; Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> had commanded <i>him</i> to speak unto all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people took him, saying, Thou shalt surely <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/26/8a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Prophets, Rejection of.">die</a>.
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Why hast thou prophesied in the name of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, saying, This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/26/9a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Apostasy of Israel.">desolate</a> without an inhabitant?  And all the people were gathered against Jeremiah in the house of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>.
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&#182; When the <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/26/10a" mark="a" type="P" title="HEB officers, or rulers.">princes</a> of Judah heard these things, then they came up from the king’s house unto the house of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, and sat down in the entry of the new gate of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>’s <i>house.</i>
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Then spake the priests and the prophets unto the princes and to all the people, saying, This man <i>is</i> worthy to die; for he hath <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/26/11a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jer. 38: 4; Mosiah 17: 1.">prophesied</a> against this city, as ye have heard with your ears.
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&#182; Then spake Jeremiah unto all the princes and to all the people, saying, The <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that ye have heard.
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Therefore now amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> your God; <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/26/13a" mark="a" type="H" title="JST Jer. 26: 13  . . .  and repent, and the Lord will turn away the evil  . . .">and</a> the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> will repent him of the evil that he hath pronounced against you.
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As for me, behold, I <i>am</i> in your <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/26/14a" mark="a" type="A" title="Mosiah 13: 10 (5-35).">hand</a>: do with me as seemeth good and meet unto you.
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But know ye for certain, that if ye put me to death, ye shall surely bring <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/26/15a" mark="a" type="A" title="Mosiah 17: 10.">innocent</a> blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the inhabitants thereof: for of a truth the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> hath sent me unto you to speak all these words in your ears.
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&#182; Then said the princes and all the people unto the priests and to the prophets; This man <i>is</i> not worthy to die: for he hath spoken to us in the name of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> our God.
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Then rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spake to all the assembly of the people, saying,
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<sup>a</sup><a href="jer/26/18a" mark="a" type="A" title="Micah 1: 1.">Micah</a> the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> of hosts; Zion shall be <sup>b</sup><a href="jer/26/18b" mark="b" type="A" title="Micah 3: 12.">plowed</a> <i>like</i> a field, and <sup>c</sup><a href="jer/26/18c" mark="c" type="A" title="1 Ne. 1: 4 (4-18); 2 Ne. 1: 4; Hel. 8: 20.">Jerusalem</a> shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.
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Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to death?  did he not fear the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/26/19a" mark="a" type="H" title="JST Jer. 26: 19  . . .  and beseech the Lord and repent? and the Lord turned away the evil which he had pronounced against them. Thus by putting Jeremiah to death we might procure great evil against our souls.">and</a> besought the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, and the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> repented him of the evil which he had pronounced against them?  Thus might we procure great evil against our souls.
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And there was also a man that prophesied in the name of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjath-jearim, who <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/26/20a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Ne. 1: 4.">prophesied</a> against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah:
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And when <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/26/21a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jer. 26: 1.">Jehoiakim</a> the king, with all his mighty men, and all the princes, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death: but when Urijah heard it, he was afraid, and fled, and went into Egypt;
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And Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, <i>namely,</i> <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/26/22a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jer. 36: 12.">Elnathan</a> the son of Achbor, and <i>certain</i> men with him into Egypt.
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And they fetched forth Urijah out of Egypt, and brought him unto Jehoiakim the king; who <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/26/23a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Ne. 3: 18 (17-18).">slew</a> him with the sword, and cast his dead body into the graves of the common people.
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Nevertheless the hand of <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/26/24a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Kgs. 22: 12.">Ahikam</a> the son of <sup>b</sup><a href="jer/26/24b" mark="b" type="A" title="2 Chr. 34: 8; Jer. 36: 10.">Shaphan</a> was with Jeremiah, that they should not give him into the hand of the people to put him to death.
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